The Matagorda County Office of Emergency Management is urging residents to remain alert as heavy rain causes flooding and ...

Matagorda County jail Sgt. David Torrez III was arrested July 4 on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol ...

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls voted Tuesday to advance a federal water infrastructure bill that includes a provision directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a feasibility study for ...

A Matagorda County property once planned for a large-scale synthetic fuel facility could instead become a digital ...

Bay City passed away Sunday, July 5, 2026. Don was born on May 21, 1945 in Olathe, Kansas to the late Rowan Wood and Waur ...

The Bay City Police Department is investigating two shootings that occurred about an hour apart early Sunday morning ...

A national antitrust settlement involving one of the country’s largest egg producers could have a local effect in Matagorda ...

Long before Bay City, Houston or Galveston appeared on maps, the upper Texas coast was home to Indigenous peoples whose lives ...

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The history of Matagorda Peninsula is tied to the same forces that shaped much of the Texas coast — geography, weather, transportation, ranching and war. The peninsula is the long, narrow strip of ...

Matagorda County's leading news source since 1845 Matagorda County e-fuels site shifts to Bitcoin mine Bay City couple accused in 345-Pound Cocaine Bust on the Mexican Border Police investigate two ...